In our interview in Dublin, N.H., earlier today, I referred to former Sen. Rick Santorum as a "scrappy culture warrior."

He took issue.

"And a scrappy warrior on radical Islam," he interjected, "and a scrappy warrior on health care reform, and a scrappy warrior on Social Security reform, and a scrappy warrior on a whole host of other issues - on creating opportunities for lower income workers, on welfare reform."

Continued Santorum, "Can we just define 'scrappy on everything,' instead of just tying it to one thing that makes you look like you care about that and to the exclusion to other things?"